# Welles

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #28,086

## Definitions
1. A locational surname

## Etymology
Named after Well, Lincolnshire, from Old English wielle (“fountain, spring”). Cognate with English well.

## Easily confused with
- **wells** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/welles-vs-wells)
- **Wills** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/welles-vs-wills)
- **Wiles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/welles-vs-wiles)
- **wolves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/welles-vs-wolves)
- **whales** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/welles-vs-whales)
- **Wesley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/welles-vs-wesley)
- **Willis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/welles-vs-willis)
- **Wilkes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/welles-vs-wilkes)
- **willed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/welles-vs-willed)
- **Wexler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/welles-vs-wexler)
- **Willey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/welles-vs-willey)
- **wellness** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/welles-vs-wellness)
- **well** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/well-vs-welles)
- **walls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walls-vs-welles)
- **Wales** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wales-vs-welles)
- **wallet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wallet-vs-welles)
- **walled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walled-vs-welles)
- **waller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waller-vs-welles)
- **Wallis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wallis-vs-welles)
- **wedges** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wedges-vs-welles)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ewlles`, `welels`, `weles`, `welless`, `wellse`, `wleles`, `wwelles`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/welles